[Buckethead]

If you can find a Traditions, go with that. They're made by Fausti in Italy and are in that price range. There is a guy on gunbroker from Warren Ohio selling some. They seem to be pretty reasonable. The vast majority of O/U's in the price range you're looking at are Turkish guns, CZ's included, although the quality control on the CZ's is better than the other Turk guns. O/U's are inherently expensive to make and is why they are so much more expensive than a semi or pump. You get what you pay for. If you can swing a used Beretta/Browning/Ruger, I'd personally go that route. But, if I had what limitations you mentioned, I'd try for the Traditions first then the CZ.

 

[Buckethead]

I'm confused--which can happen with little effort

---but it sure seems like this thread has a stuttering problem--there is two of them

I had the same problem. He posted the same question in the general firearms thread as well. Deja vu all over again.

I was wondering where my reply had gone until I checked here.